Kingdom of Ash

A clever move on Ren’s part—to convince
Darrow to let him station part of the Bane
behind Orynth, should Erawan sail north and
attack from there. He’d put nothing past the
bastard.
“I don’t want the Bane spread too thin,”
said Aedion, studying the fire. So different,
this flame—so different from Aelin’s fire. As
if the one before him were a ghost compared
to the living thing that was his queen’s magic.
“And we still don’t have enough troops to
spare.”
Even with Aelin’s desperate, bold
maneuvering, the allies she’d won didn’t
come close to the full might of Morath. And
all that gold she’d amassed did little to buy
them more—not when there were few left to
even entice to join their cause.
“Aelin didn’t seem too concerned when she
flitted off to Eldrys,” Ren murmured.